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Gallichan
Municipality
Motto(s):  Deus primus servatus ("God was the first to be saved")
Location within Abitibi-Ouest RCM
Gallichan Location in western Quebec
Coordinates: 48°36′N 79°17′W / 48.600°N 79.283°W / 48.600; -79.283 [1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Abitibi-Témiscamingue
RCM	Abitibi-Ouest
Settled	1922
Constituted	January 1, 1958
Government [2]
• Mayor	Serge Marquis
•  Federal riding	Abitibi—Témiscamingue
•  Prov. riding	Abitibi-Ouest
Area [2] [3]
• Total	98.25 km2 (37.93 sq mi)
• Land	73.61 km2 (28.42 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [3]
• Total	488
• Density	6.6/km2 (17/sq mi)
• Pop (2016-21)	4.3%
• Dwellings	304
Time zone	UTC−5 ( EST)
• Summer ( DST)	UTC−4 ( EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0Z 2B0
Area code	819
Highways	No major routes
Website	gallichan.ao.ca

Gallichan is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality located along the banks of the Duparquet River. It had a population of 488 in the 2021 Canadian census.

The municipality was constituted on January 1, 1958, ^[2] and was called Saint-Laurent until 1986. ^[1]

Demographics

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents (2021): 229 (total dwellings: 304) ^[3]

Mother tongue (2021): ^[3]

• English as first language: 1%
• French as first language: 99%
• English and French as first language: 0%
• Other as first language: 0%

Local government

Municipal council (2024): ^[4]

• Mayor: Serge Marquis
• Councillors: Richard Vallières, Daniel Bélanger, Nathalie Shink, Jacklin Chabot, Fernand Nadeau, Raphaël Boutin-Bellavance

References

External links

• Media related to Gallichan, Quebec at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website

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